Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.